bisturi

From French bistouri, from Latin Pistōrium (“Pistoia”).

bisturi n

1. lancet

From Dutch bistouri, from French bistouri, from Italian bistorino, ultimately from Latin Pistōrium (“Pistoia”).

• IPA^(key): [bɪsˈturi]
• Hyphenation: bis‧tu‧ri

mès (first-person possessive bisturiku, second-person possessive bisturimu, third-person possessive bisturinya)

1. (surgery, colloquial) scalpel, blade, medical knife.

   Synonyms: mes, pisau bedah, pisau operasi, skalpel

Borrowed from French bistouri, which is thought to be derived from an Italian form pistorese for pistoiese (“of or pertaining to Pistoia”), from the name of the city of Pistoia, once famous for the manufacturing of blades.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.stu.ri/
• Rhymes: -isturi
• Hyphenation: bì‧stu‧ri

bisturi m (invariable)

1. (surgery) scalpel, bistoury, lancet

• elettrobisturi

• bisturi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• buristi, subirti

bisturi m (plural bisturis)

1. scalpel (small straight knife)